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"You shouldn't give circumstances the power to rouse anger, for they dont care at all."

— Marcus Aurelius

Great stuff.

The Grand Teton mountains in GT National Park as the sun sets behind them. Sun streaks reach above the peaks as night begins to settle in.

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved - Kurt Vonnegut

Pic of the day
#photography

“The bunny, the bunny, oh I love the bunny.
I gave everything I had for the bunny.”

YouTube video by oydave REM 1981-02-20 688 Atlanta GA

The earliest live video of R.E.M. with sound was resurfaced on YouTube a few days ago. Really great stuff. Love the superfans singing "Windout" as the song starts because they know what's coming. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMTG...

“You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they may be.”
—Admiral Jim Stockdale, on his mentality as a prisoner-of-war for 8 years in Vietnam

Tango & Crash?

New Charlie Parker book, from the great John Connolly, coming in May. #greatness

I had the same thought.

That game felt a little like the old Eagles-Bears Fog Bowl to me, but without my teenaged hormonal rage at the results.

Respect

YouTube video by theclashVEVO The Clash - The Guns of Brixton (Official Audio)

No reason in particular youtu.be/JcW8VNwYvL0?...

Cardiac Cats!!!! #BBN

YouTube video by LongStrangeTrip710 Grateful Dead - When I Paint My Masterpiece (3-25-90)

🎩 We love you Bobby rest in peace! 🪦

The image is the prayer in the text of the post

The Administrator's Prayer

God grant me the serenity to accept the faculty I cannot change,
The courage to change the faculty I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.

I feel like "attention hacking" is most of politics now. The Minnesota aid fraud story is becoming a perfect example.

Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)

This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment.

It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process

Me too. The scene where “ghost Kirk” appears to Uhuru has haunted (perfect word) me since I saw it in 1972.

RIP

At least I’ve heard of (& heard) them.

At least I’ve heard of (& heard) them.

+2 for the deep cut.

Croatia is beautiful.

The Cowboys’ D makes lots of QB’s look really good.

This defense sucks. It’s not Eeberflus’s fault, it’s Jerry’s. HE did this.

Too bad the Cowboys don’t have a disruptor / playmaker on defense.

Didn’t they used to have a guy?

Wonder what happened to him.

With nothing to return to
Except the demons in their caves

if you’re an isolated, angsty, strange young man, please know that you can become a Kierkegaard scholar instead of joining fringe online communities

If releasing the Epstein files would end your presidency, then your presidency needs to end.

53 years ago today, a day of magical music.

“The Sunstroke Serenaders.” IYKYK.